Smoker&#39;s outfit



t July 14, 1931. N. P. HmssuLAKls 1,814,929

SMOKER S OUTFIT Filed April 2. 1928 4Z 9 sl/45 if i f1 4 l 4 INVENTORPatented July 14, 1931 UNiTEn 'STATES PATENT oFFrClEf:

NIKoLAos r. HRIssULAKIaoF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SMOKERS OUTFIT a Applicationfiled April 2,

vide a storage` space in the outfit for cig arettes and thelikewhich-will be'arranged such that cigarettes will be eJectedlfrom thedevice by the operationuof certain mecha-` nisms. f l Y Other objectswill appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the novel combinationand arrangement of -parts to be hereinafter described andy claimed.

The-invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings,

showing the preferred form of.V construction and in which: Y f Fig. lisaside elevational view of' a device which embodies a preferred form ofcon- 3,0 struction for my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device illustratedl in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is ay detail view drawn on an enlarged scale depicting certain'ofthe operating elements of my device; t

Fig. 1 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 1-4 on Fig.3; y

Fig. 5 is 'a sectional detail view takensubstantially on the line 5 5 onFig. 2; and .Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view taken substantially onthe line 6-'6 on Fig. 1. y In the drawings, wherein a preferredembodiment of my invention is illustrated, 10 indicates a housing whichis varranged so as to provide a magazine 11.: The magazine 11 is adaptedto be of a size such that it will receive the articles kto befpositionedtherein in a ymanner such thatthey will be arranged in a definiteorderandl inthe present instance .H this magazine 11 is adapted toreceive cig- 1928. serial No. 266,789.

-ar'ettes 12 kwhich are arranged so,k that they will be disposed oneabove the otherv inthe manner best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6. e

In order toretain thecigarettes in` position in the magazine 11a springclip 13 is provided which is adapted to be anchored to one wall of thevrecess '14 provided. in the bod)7V portion 10 so as to be incommunication with themagazine 11. An expansible spring 15 is mounted inthe recesslt and acts against aplate 16 which is arranged s o as to bereciprocal along vtheV side walls ofthe magazine 11 andA the cigarettes12 are adapted to be dis.- posed above this plate and the spring 15 actsagainst the plate 16 to forcethe cigarettes 12 toward the delivery lendthereof; lA plate 1,7 is provided at the upper end ofthe magazine 11which limits upward movementof the cigarettes and tends toposition thecigar rette to kbe delivered in proper relation to the delivery opening18. A slot 19 is provided in the spring clip 18 and a pin 20 is providedon the platel which extends through this slot. andV the lower. end ofthe slot 19 is arrangedso as to includeV an upwardly extending portion21 which in effect forms a bayonet slot and the pin 2() is tted in thisupwardly extendingportion so as to retain the plate 16 y1n its lowermostposition-during the loading of the magazine 11. A removable plate 22 isdisposed on the outer side of the housing '10 and covers the magazine11. Removal of this plate permits the insertion of cigarettes into saidmagazine andthis removable plate 22 is heldfinipositio'n in any approvedmanner as o .by the pivotally mounted latch22a.

Y Disposed above vthe wall17 and extending .paral'lelthereto Vfor apredetermined distance across theL upper side of the body portion 10,

is a wall 24.- The wall `24 includes a downwardly bent end portion whichextends into a-shoulder recess 24a in the upper end of one of theendwalls of the housing 10V and a bolt 24o extends through thisportion ofthe wall 24 into said wall lof the housing 10. rA. wall 25 extendsdownwardly from the wall 24 for a short distance and a wall 26,parallel-to the vwall 1'?, isarrangedat the lower end of the wall 25. Awall 27 extends between the walls,

.26 and 17; The m1157175 24,25,26,27, and fthe upper portions of thewalls of the housing 10 co-operate to define a chamber 28, which has aninlet opening 29 co-operatng therewith that is normally closed by a plug30. If desired, the chamber 28 may be filled with fibrous material suchas cotton and this chamber serves as storage space for an ignitiblefluid which is adapted to be introduced into this chamber 28 through theopening 29 when the plug 30 is removed. A sleeve 31 extends across thechamber 28 between the walls 17 and 26.

Mounted on the wall 26 is a bracket 32 which supports a shaft 33 vonwhich an abrasion wheel 34 is mounted. The abrasion wheel 34 is disposedin alignment with the interior of the sleeve 31 and a flint 35 isarranged in this sleeve 31 and is acted on bya spring 36 mounted in thesleeve 31 so as to be forced against the abrasion wheel 34. A screw 37is provided in the wall 17 which holds the Yspring 36 in position. Thenthe abrasion wheel 34 is rotated, it acts on the flint 35 to lcreatesparks and these sparks ignite the fuel fed through the wick 38 which ismounted on the sleeve 39 that is disposed in the wall 26 adjacent theabrasion wheel 34 and this wick 38 extends into the chamber 28 so as towithdraw fu'el therefrom.

The portion of the upper side of the housing 10 not vclosed by the wall24 is closed by a abrasion wheel 34 which is mounted on the shaft 33 androtates this wheel to create a spark. On the closing movement of Vthelid this pawl rides over these teeth and no movement of the yabrasionwheel 34 results. A yieldable retaining lug 45 is mounted on theinteriorvof the body 'portion 10 adjacent the side wall 46 thereof. Aretaining lug 47 is mounted `in the free end of the lid 40. When the lidis disposed in closing position the lug engages the lug 47 so as toretain the lid 40 in 'this position. A button 48 is mounted in the slot49 provided in the wall 46 and is normally disposed in the positiondepicted in Fig. 2 and by pressing down on the plunger 48 so that saidplunger will move through the slot 49, the lug 45 may be moved fromretainingposition relative to the lug 47 and this will permit the spring42 to act on the lid 40 to move it into open position, which is depictedvin Fig. 2, and thismovement of the lid 40 will act on the rod 43 'tocause the wheel 34 to be rotatedso as to ignite the fuel emitted fromthe wick 38.A It is therefore apparent that by releasing the lid closingthe compartignited.

ment in which the wick 39 is mounted, fuel emitted from said wick willbe ignited.

In order to eject cigarettes through the opening 18 I provide thefollowing mechanisms which are actuated from the plunger 48. A link 50has one end connected to the inner end of the button 48 and the oppositeend of this link is pivotally connected to a collar 51. The collar 51 isslidably mounted on a rod 52 and a spring 53 is disposed around this rod52 between the wall 26 and the collar 51 so as to urge said collar 51 ina direction away from the wall 26. This action of the spr-ing 53 holdsthe button 48 under normal conditions in the position which is depictedin Figure 2. In the wall 17 an opening 54 is provided in the portionthereof opposite the portion above the opening 18. A substantiallyL-shaped plate 55 has one end thereof connected to the collar 51 and theopposite end 56 of this plate extends through the opening 54 and undernormal conditions is disposed behind the end of the cigarettes inengagement `with .the wall 17, said downwardly extending leg 56 of themember 55 being disposed adjacent the Wall opposite the opening 18 whenthe button 48 is in uppermost position. When the button 48 is moved fromthis uppermost position to the position depicted in Fig. 3, the collar51 is moved along the rod 52 and this moves the leg 56 along the opening'54 and in this manner the Vcigarette in engagement with the wall 17 isforced out through the opening 18. IVhen therbutton 48 is released, thespring 53 returns the button 48 to its normal inoperative position andthe spring 15 forces the plate 16 upwardly so as to position anothercigarette in engagement with the 'Wall l?.

As has been pointed out, when `the button 48 is moved downwardly throughthe slot 49, the lid 40 of the device is forced by spring V42 to moveinto position shown in Fig. 2,

which actuates the abrasion wheel such that a spark is created whichcauses ignition of the fuel emitted by the wick 38. Therefore, after thebutton 48 has been moved down to eject a portion of the cigarettethrough the opening 18, the cigarette is withdrawn from Vthe housing 10and is lit by the llame from the wick 38. IVhen lthe lid 40 is moveddownwardly such that the lug 47 will be re-engaged by the retaining lugaca-p 57 'fits over the top of the wick 38 and extinguishes the flamesaid cap 57 being carried by the -lid 40.

It is apparent from the foregoing description that I have provided adevice which will be arranged such` that a cigarette may be ejected fromthe container without opening the container and then by 'releasing thelid of the container ignition means vwill be actuated and lighted lsothat the cigarette ejected from the container may be easily While I haveillustrated and described the preferred form of construction forcarrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation andmodification, without def, parting from the spirit of my invention. I,therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise detailsofconstruction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modifications as come within the scope of the )o appended claim.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

A device of the class described compris- 15 ing a housing having apartition extending across one end thereof in spaced relation to saidend, means fo-r forcing articles toward said partition, said housinghaving a discharge opening therein in alignment with 2o the article inengagement with said parti tion, said partition having an opening therein in the end thereof remote from said opening in said housing, saidhousing having an opening in the portions thereof extending beyond saidpartitions disposed in juxtaposition to the opening in said partition,finger gripping means extended through said last named opening in saidhousing, article enf gaging means extending through the open- :ao ing insaid partition into engagement with the article engaging said partition,said ar# ticle engaging means including an L-shaped member having a footportion extended over said partition, a rod extended parallel :1.5 ofsaid partition and thereabove, a collar slidably mounted on said rod,said collar being connected to the foot portion of said L-shaped member,an arm pivotally connecting said collar to said finger gripping 1Hportion, a spring member for urging said L-shaped member and said fingergripping portion into inoperative position, whereby movement of saidfinger gripping portion will be transmitted to the article engaging -15portion of said L-shaped member to force the f articler in engagementwith said partition through said discharge opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

NIKOLAOS P. HRISSULAKIS.

